Jason and I just got home from a 5 day stint in the Hawaiian islands for a quick kiteboarding getaway. We were lucky enough to stay with our good friend Nick Eitel at his home in the islands. He’s sworn us to secrecy on our exact whereabouts there because he wants to keep […]

Jesse Richman’s 22 Second Jump - 7 kite loops Big Air Wind Jam was held at San Francisco’s Crissy Field last weekend. On Saturday, Jesse Richman had an ASTOUNDING 22 second jump. I talked to Jessie about it - his remarkable hang time was driven by 7 kite loops, 4 right, 3 left. Here’s some footage:

NEW Radical kites from Naish When I was on Maui, Robby Naish told me that I should NOT buy a new kite this season until AFTER JUNE 3 -because Naish was going to change the game with a completely new design. These kites were introduced to dealers that week. The pic is from a post on kiteforum - a click will take you to the discussion page. Really different wing design. The commentary suggests

Who Killed the Electric Car?
Who Killed the Electric Car? In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust and ran without gasoline. Ten years later, these futuristic cars were almost entirely gone. What happened? Why should we be haunted by the ghost of the electric car? Customer […]

Great White Caught at Ocean Shores!
This is somewhat off the topic of kitesurfing except for the fact that Old Whitey was caughts right by a popular kite launch, Damon Point on the Washington Coast. These pictures are pretty phenomenal so I thought I’d share them with you all. I think I’ll stick to kiteboarding in Lake Washington from […]

Camrig Video - Pentax Optio Attached to kite You can attach a cam (in this case a 6Mpx Pentax Optio W10 still cam, in movie mode) to your kite with Camrig. Here’s the clip uploaded to VideoEgg, one of my angel investments. To compare codecs, here is the same clip in WMV Format, QuickTime, and VCD Format .